To Avoid Litigation Over Impossibility and Impracticability Issues, Modern Contracting

question 29

Multiple Choice

To avoid litigation over impossibility and impracticability issues, modern contracting parties often contract around the doctrine of impossibility, specifying the failures that will excuse performance in their contracts. The clauses in which they do this are called __________ clauses, and they are generally enforced by courts as written.

• A) delta force
• B) force majeure
• C) magnum force
• D) force corporeal

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Definitions:

Criterion-related Validity

The effectiveness of a test in predicting an individual's performance on related tasks or outcomes.

Scatterplots

Graphical representations of two variables plotted on an axis to determine potential relationships between them.

Intelligence (IQ)

A measure of an individual's cognitive capabilities and potential, often quantified through standardized testing.

Content Validity

Evidence that the test developer adequately surveyed the domain (field) the test is to cover, that test items match that domain, and that test items are accurately weighted for relative importance.